In-Person Registration Opens for 2022 MLK Memorial Tribute
Maggie Rotermund
Senior Media Relations Specialist
maggie.rotermund@slu.edu
314-977-8018
Reserved for members of the media.
12/10/2021
In-person registration is now open for the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Tribute, scheduled for Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022, and hosted by Saint Louis University and the Urban League of Metropolitan St. Louis.
Ilyasah Shabazz, daughter of Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz, will give the keynote address.
Seating at the event will be limited and all participants will be required to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination.
Register to Attend the Tribute
Live-stream information will be made available at a later date.
Shabazz is the co-chairperson of the Malcolm X and Dr. Betty Shabazz Memorial and Educational Center. Her work focuses on institution building and intergenerational leadership development with the tenants of diversity, equity and inclusion.
Shabazz is also an award-winning author, educator and producer. She has authored five historical novels and served as a project advisor for the PBS documentary film Prince Among Slaves.
In its 10 years, the MLK tribute at SLU has drawn an array of distinguished speakers. In 2018, diplomat and noted civil rights champion Ambassador Andrew Young, delivered the tribute’s keynote address. He received the Civil Rights Legends Award. Young told the crowd, “This country is not going backward.”
Previous awardees have included Martin Luther King III; Rev. Starsky Wilson; Kelvin Adams, Ph.D., superintendent of the St. Louis Public Schools; Marc Morial, president of the national Urban League; and civil rights leader Xernona Clayton, among others.
This year’s tribute will be held in the Wool Ballroom, Busch Student Center, and will begin at 9 a.m. Complimentary parking will be available in the University’s Laclede Garage.